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6 Bolton Gardens S.W.5. - Thanks him for the book ['The Gorgon's Head'?], is sending excerpts to his brother-in-law H. H. West, who enjoys the literary beauty of the Bible; no longer looks at literature as isolated from religion; is struck by people claiming the only chance for the future of Civilization is the teaching of Christianity.

Grangegorman, Overstrand, Cromer - Asks about the existence of a sense of humour in primitive races.

[on headed notepaper for 40 Ennismore Gardens, S.W.]:- Thanks his mother for her letter. Had his 'swimming pass' yesterday; thinks everyone but a few boys passed. Hopes 'the [Irish Home?] Bill'. Was top in the questions this week, not for all the fortnight's marks. Went for a walk with Charlie this afternoon. The weather is 'rather hot'. Edward Lyttelton preached in Chapel today about public schools; Robert thinks he is 'an Eton person'.

Asks his mother to tell Booa [Mary Prestwich] the number of the new books, and that 'there is the fig. 3 on the tongue'. Thinks it is 'best to give up [his] schol[arship]', as they 'really do not want it'. Hopes his father is well. He and Charlie are getting on all right. Played cricket yesterday and 'got on very well'.

Writes to express his sympathy to Nora on the death of Henry Sidgwick. Claims that although he had met the later seldom of late, he doesn't know 'that any loss would have felt more irreparable.' Recalls to the last time he had a conversation with him at Aldworth in September 1898, and declares that he shall never forget 'the charm, the fun, and the depth of much that he said.' Claims that he has taught him that there must be some underlying unity under differences of religious belief which ought to allay many controversies if people would think more about it.

States that as Chairman of the Council of the Teachers' Guild he is commissioned write to her 'to express the very deep sense of the loss sustained by the teaching profession' in Henry Sidgwick's death. Declares that his 'splendid work at Newnham and his guidance of University affairs are conspicuous achievements and widely acknowledged', but that 'the numberless instances of his intellectual and moral stimulus, exercised on all who came in contact with him' are equally great and equally enduring. Refers also to his principles, his moral fervour, his humour, and his devotion to truth. Expresses the deepest sympathy of the Council with Nora in her loss.

6 Bolton Gardens S.W.5. - Writes to thank him for the sentence loosely quoted in "The Times" from his last book, that studying the Bible 'deepens the conviction' of a harmony behind & above the disorderly appearance of life; sees this as a sign that a religious view of life is not alien to Frazer, and wishes he would become an advocate for the view that a Personal God who cares for mankind and has a beneficent purpose is not in conflict with science or Frazer's philosophy.